Carol A. Brey-Casiano
# Carol A. Brey-Casiano

Carol A. Brey-Casiano is an information resource officer, a librarian administrator and former president of the American Library Association.

## Education

Brey-Casiano earned a master's degree in library science from University of Illinois. Brey-Casiano earned a PhD from University of Texas at Austin's Graduate School of Library & Information Science.

## Career

From 1991 to 1995, she was the Director of the Oak Park Public Library.

Brey-Casiano served as executive director of the El Paso Public Library. In 2001, Brey-Casiano stood up against the Texas Ranger, mayor of El Paso, Texas, a lawyer named Francisco Domínguez, and the El Paso police for the purpose of protecting intellectual freedom and privacy of library users.

From 2004 to 2005, Brey-Casiano served as the president of the American Library Association.

Brey-Casiano also served as an information resource officer for the United States Department of States. In September 2017, as the Regional Public Engagement Specialist, Brey-Casiano was an opening ceremony speaker at the Argentine Binational Center Executive Directors Meeting in Argentina.

## Awards

* 2012 Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture
